taxi controllertobus route supervisor
A taxi controller already meets 23% of what the bus route supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
23%
74.8/ 100
1 Share of the bus route supervisor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the taxi controller profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A bus route supervisor role treats 5 of its required skills as things a taxi controller already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate verbal instructions
- have computer literacy
- match vehicles with routes
- monitor drivers
- road traffic laws
What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A bus route supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a taxi controller background worth leading with.
- already held monitor drivers management skills
- already held match vehicles with routes management skills
- already held communicate verbal instructions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held road traffic laws business, administration and law
- already held have computer literacy working with computers
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the bus route supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held manage assignment of bus routes required
- required, not held monitor condition of local roads required
- required, not held schedule and dispatch drivers required
- required, not held supervise movement of passengers required
- required, not held plan schedule required
- required, not held prepare transportation routes required
- optional, not held recruit bus drivers optional
- required, not held investigate road accidents required
- required, not held analyse work-related written reports required
- required, not held keep task records required
- optional, not held conduct drug abuse tests optional
- required, not held give instructions to staff required
- optional, not held prepare road directions optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- required, not held national road network required
- optional, not held mechanics of trolley buses optional
- required, not held road transport legislation required
- required, not held geographical routes required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a bus route supervisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage assignment of bus routes skill · occupation specific
- 02 monitor condition of local roads skill · occupation specific
- 03 comply with policies for trolley bus driving skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held communicate verbal instructions skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held match vehicles with routes skill
- already held monitor drivers skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held comply with policies for trolley bus driving required
- optional, not held ensure implementation of safe driving practices optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held prepare road directions optional
- optional, not held conduct drug abuse tests optional
- optional, not held mechanics of trolley buses optional
- optional, not held recruit bus drivers optional
- optional, not held ensure implementation of safe driving practices optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
17 held skills the bus route supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assign taxi fares skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- not needed by the target role control taxi schedules skill
- not needed by the target role drive in urban areas skill
- not needed by the target role follow up complaint reports skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role log times of taxis skill
- not needed by the target role operate radio dispatch systems for taxis skill
- not needed by the target role passenger transport regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role provide high-end driving services skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role relay messages through radio and telephone systems skill
- not needed by the target role use codes to communicate with taxi drivers skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held national road network required
- required, not held road transport legislation required
- required, not held geographical routes required
- optional, not held mechanics of trolley buses optional
Other moves recorded from taxi controller
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.